Do chickens eat ticks?

[patrickj]

ticks have been bad here the last few years in central Texas. I hear guinea's eat lots of ticks, but
too noisy for my taste. Wondering if a few chicks for eggs will also eat ticks around the grounds?

 

[Inkheart]

Muscovy Ducks are VERY known for their eating the bugs and ticks - my chickens do eat bugs - not sure on the ticks tho

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Yes they love ticks.

 

[Tala]

yes, my old neighbors used to keep lots of free ranged chickens to keep the ticks off of their other animals (goats, horses, dogs, etc). It worked pretty well I'd say.

I used to get ticks every time I went to my inlaws place, but after moving a PEN of chickens out there I have hardly seen a tick since! Even though they are penned, they still have put a dent in the tick population.

 

[fishman65]

guineas are the worlds BEST tick eating machines, bar none!!!

 

[Stormview]

Yeah I Think Chickens Would Eat Just About Any Thing That Moved!

 

[halo]

I had a very bad tick problem before I got chickens, had to pick them off the dogs every single day, even had them crawling in the house up walls. Now, I havent seen a tick in 3 years.

 

[ColbyNTX]

Chickens do eat them but if you can get use to the guineas, they are better bug eaters. They even keep all the snakes away. I had so many problems with copper heads before I had guineas but now I never see one in the yard or flower beds.